Posted on 09/11/2024 8:33:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Orbiting Earth on board Dragon, the Polaris Dawn crew talked with families of Folds of Honor, an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service-members and first responders.
UPDATE! Polaris Dawn Crew Calls Military Families From Space | 9:45
The Launch Pad | 419K subscribers | 128 views | September 11, 2024
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Watch live! SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn spacewalk | approx 2:23 AM
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UPDATE! Polaris Dawn Crew Calls St Jude Hospital From Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj-DXDPjMIk
Cool! - bttt - thanks for posting.
I watched the Space Station fly-by earlier this evening.
7 minute duration. Looked bigger than I thought it’d be 250 miles up.
It’s a big’un. As a, hmm, teen I guess, one night I stood with some cousins at the appointed time to watch Skylab go over. It was smaller than the ISS, and about as far up. Still was easy to see. :^) Somewhere around here I’ve got one of those Space Society posters with a piece of it that survived reentry.
Very exciting. Hope I can stay awake. The baby raccoons that just ate peanuts outside the window are volunteering to let me keep feeding them till then. Always helpful little things.
:^) June Lockhart’s still alive! 99 years old
Those little bandits! :^)
Night Vistors
https://youtu.be/4Fz_w97bt4s
There’s a small group of babies around midnight, then a larger group around 2am. Don’t always stay awake to feed the larger group.
Earlier, when I opened the window, the bunch emerged from the leaves and waited. One of the babes climbed the ladder to the table and leaned against the wall stretching out its paws for the peanuts it knew were coming. So cute.
I’m grateful for every reminder of our childhood still existing and wish them long life, health and a peaceful life.
[snip] The problems with Starliner left NASA with no choice but to leave astronauts Wilmore and Williams up on the ISS as they didn't believe it was safe bringing them home on Starliner... That decision is looking like a safe bet now, as Futurism reports that further issues arose with Starliner on its return to Earth this weekend... On the one hand, according to NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stich, it pulled off a "bullseye landing." On the other, the agency admitted that a new thruster had failed during its descent. The capsule also experienced a temporary blackout of Starliner's guidance system during reentry...
Questions arose about Starliner's condition after five out of 28 thrusters failed when it docked with the ISS back in June. In the months that followed, engineers discovered that the failure was due to overheating in certain parts, which isn't a good look on a rocket engine that *checks notes* burns stuff as part of its job... Joel Montalbano, NASA's deputy associate administrator for space operations, said Saturday that Boeing deferred to the agency to discuss the Starliner mission in the post-landing press conference. [/snip]· NASA Was 'Right' To Bring Starliner Back Empty As Thrusters And Guidance Fail On Return | Owen Bellwood | Tuesday 9:30AM | Jalopnik
It’s been pushed out to 4:55 AM.
I was a big Dr. Smith fan. Always up to something...but like the Coyote, his schemes failed.
Off to bed. Will watch the rerun.
Meanwhile, SpaceX is also launching 5 BlueBird satellites from Florida this morning. Live coverage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqZtThBoG4
Woke up in time. Essentially it’s just been a mobility test of the space suits. They pulled the door into the capsule, then let themselves float up until their bodies were halfway out, then did small exercises with their arms and gloves on the metal bars surrounding the opening.
The video starts and stops depending on the signal reaching each repeating station. Most exciting was watching the earth appearing at the beginning of the exit and disappearing into blackness as the EVA progressed.
I just didn’t get as excited about this space venture as others. ...like viewing the landscape of Mars. I can however appreciate others interest in it.
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